Saturday, July 29, 2006

Mr White analysed data published by UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the WHO, the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, the Afrobarometer, and the UNHDR. It will be published in a psychology journal this September and will be presented at a conference later in the year.

The main characteristics of the happiest countries are they're all small -- and pretty. White said that people in small countries have a sense of "collectivism," or being involved with each other's lives. And it never hurts to have a good view!